A loss for parental rights

Last November, Heritage Defense Foundation filed a legal brief with the United States Supreme Court in a case where a minor child had been removed from Christian parents. What had the parents supposedly done wrong? They had simply refused to affirm their son changing his name and pronouns to identify as female.

Though the parents were not members of Heritage Defense, we filed a legal brief supporting them when they submitted their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Our brief urged the Court to hear the case to vindicate their parental rights and set a precedent protecting all parents in America.

Sadly, the Supreme Court recently denied certiorari, meaning they refused to hear the case. Because of that, the Indiana court’s ruling against the parents still stands. That is bad news not only for parents in Indiana, but it also allows other states free rein to do the same thing.

Please be praying that parents in Indiana and around the country would rise up against this evil. Though we wish the U.S. Supreme Court had cured this injustice, we must be fighting against it in our state legislatures. Our call to action, then, is that parents across the country must be urging our lawmakers to enact legislation and constitutional amendments protecting parents’ God-given rights.

This case was a small defeat, but it brought this issue to the forefront. Parents cannot sit idly by and just watch as our rights are weakened and our children are harmed.

For us, Heritage Defense will continue to fight for parental rights by defending our member families.

Also, like in this case, Heritage Defense Foundation will keep standing with other families on cases that could set important precedents.

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